found their way to the river. Krom bmith & Co., of Bearrlstown, 

 and fishermen at Havana, Pekin, Peoria, and various points on 

 Illinois Eiver, reports come to us of the catching, now and then, of 

 carp, all quite large. On the Mississippi River carp are frequently 

 tHken, both the old and young, showing that they not only grow in 

 the rivers, but increase as well. In the Sny Ecartc, in Pike county, 

 we are informed that some seine fishermen caught at one haul of 

 the seine about 100 carp, averaging in weight about 3 pounds 

 each. This catch was reported to us by the fishermen themselves. We 

 did not see the fish and the statement may be erroneous, but 

 enough has been learned in regard to the matter to demonstrate to 

 our satisfaction that the carp can be successfully introduced into 

 our rivers, and with that end in view we shall undertake to prop- 

 agate a supply, which, together with those furnished from time to 

 time by the United States Fish Commission, siiall be adequate to- 

 people all the streams in the State with them. 



CAEP CISTKIBUTION. 



Aside from the distribution before mentioned in rivers of the 

 State, a very large number have been supplied this 'as in former 

 seasons, to applicants for ponds. We give in the appendix a list of 

 those supplied, together with location, size of pond, etc. We keep 

 a record of applications, each being numbered in order received. 

 Each applicant is notified at once, upon receipt of his application, 

 of thp number and date of entry of such application. Applications 

 can be made at any time of the year. Notice is duly sent each 

 applicant before fish are sent him, as to date and manner of ship- 

 ment. We have about six hundred applications now on file, await- 

 ing our annufil distribution, which usually takes place in November. 

 The number will no doubt aggregate fully as many as last, season, 

 as applications are still coming in freely, and many more will come 

 after notice of distribution is published, which appears in one or 

 more papers in each county annually. Of the success attending 

 these distributions but little need be said. The fact that the lists 

 show an increase for each successive year is proof enough, we 

 think, not only of the wide-spread interest in carp raising, but of 

 its practicability as well. In the appendix we give extracts from a 

 few of the letters received from those engaged in raising carp. 



* WHITE FISH. 



The United States Fish Commission have in the past expended 

 large amounts yearly in planting the great lakes with this fish, of 

 which it can be truly said there are but few better, and quite a 

 noticeable increase in the young has been noticed at various points. 

 Of this work Illinois has so far done but little, although it is a 

 well known fact that a very large business is transacted in them 

 within its borders. In fact the great distributing point for the lake 

 fish is Chicago. The white fish is fast disappearing from Lake 

 Michigan, and to such an extent is the decimation noticed as to call 

 the attention of those interested from a business standpoint in the 

 catch to the necessity of devising some means to check the drain 

 and increase the supply. Various measures looking to a protective 



